Publisher's Weekly Review
The notion that "love finds a way" has never been truer than in Meshon's not-quite-wordless story, in which a grandmother attempts to ship freshly baked cookies to her grandson for his birthday. Working in the vibrant, almost psychedelic cartoon style of his previous books, Meshon (The Best Days Are Dog Days) follows the white box from mail truck to tractor to boat to submarine to whale and so on; an astronaut eventually brings it to the boy's doorstep. Bright red hearts are a recurring visual element: the cookies are heart-shaped, a heart sticker seals the box, and hearts drift like puffs of exhaust from the vehicles, as if the entire endeavor were powered by love. Shifting perspectives and the sheer ridiculousness of the journey make this cookie-delivery relay a delight; fans of the vehicular absurdity of Tom Angleberger and John Hendrix's McToad Mows Tiny Island are a natural audience for this story. Readers who gloss over the endpapers will miss a key twist-suffice it to say, one hopes that these boats and trains really do run on love, not fossil fuels. Ages 4-8. Agent: Rubin Pfeffer, Rubin Pfeffer Content. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
In this nearly wordless book, a woman bakes red heart-shaped cookies to mail to her grandson. It takes almost every mode of transportation imaginable before the package arrives at its destination. In a visually effective touch, some part of each vehicle (e.g., the tractor's exhaust) turns into a heart, tracing the package's progress. Meshon's digital illustrations feature simply drawn characters within cheerfully cluttered landscapes. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
A grandmother bakes up a sweet surprise of heart-shaped cookies for her grandson, and after carefully packaging the treats, she passes the box off to the mailman, but that's only the first step. In a nearly wordless narrative, Meshon cleverly depicts the random chain of devices used to deliver grandmother's gift. First, the mailman is hampered by a herd of sheep, so a tractor takes the package and puts it on a ship, which takes it to a submarine, which delivers it to a whale, whose mighty spout hands it off to a helicopter. Before the gift finally lands on the boy's doorstep, it's also carried by train, dogsled, snowshoe, and rocket. In bold colors and cartoonish shapes with thick black outlines, Meshon fills the detailed, whimsical scenes with hearts of all sizes set in the most peculiar places, emphasizing the love inherent in both the gift and the long journey. Little ones will be especially tickled by a surprise on the closing end papers. Ideal for sharing, especially with a distant loved one.--Lock, Anita Copyright 2017 Booklist
